He missed her so much that he would go to the river to see his reflection. He was in love with his sister who eventually died. This story tells that Narcissus had an identical twin sister, who he did everything with. Pausanias scoffed that a man old enough to fall in love would not recognize his own reflection, so he told a rationalization of the Ovidian myth. At this place Narcissus looked in the water and fell in love with his reflection and died at the spring. The spring of Narcissus is located on a mountain top at the river Lamus in a place called Donacon. Pausanias summarized Ovid's story, but also had his own version: When they turned for his body, there was a flower instead. They covered him with their hair and set up for a funeral. Narcissus then lay down to die and the nymphs mourned him. She mourned more and as he said his farewell to the reflection she echoed his words. He claimed he would not leave the one he loved and that they would die as one.Ĭrazy with love, Narcissus stayed by the side of the water and wasted away. He called to the gods asking why he was being denied the love that the two shared. Narcissus stayed there without any sleep or food. He tried to grab the image but couldn’t, which made him more infatuated with himself. He was so awed by this person that he could not move. As he bent down to drink the water he fell in love with the reflection of himself. One day while Narcissus was hunting he went to get a drink. Since Narcissus denied everyone his love, the gods fated that Narcissus could never have anything that he loved. Her body is gone but her bones became rocks and her voice remains and can be heard in mountain valleys and in caves. She is now forever hiding amongst the leaves and caves in the forest. Her body then wasted away while she pined for him. Narcissus rejected her and Echo ran to hide. Finally Echo appeared and tried to hold Narcissus. She followed him through the woods but could not speak without repeating his words.įinally Narcissus tried to call to Echo, but it failed since she could only repeat his call.
One day she spotted and fell in love with Narcissus.
However, there was no one to whom Narcissus would return affection.Įcho was a nymph who was destined a fate that she could only repeat the sounds and last words of others. Narcissus turned into a very beautiful young man, whom everyone loved.
Liriope was told by a prophet that Narcissus would reach old age if he failed to recognize himself. Narcissus was fathered by a river god to a nymph named Liriope. Ovid told of Narcissus’ story from his birth: Narcissus in Ovid's Metamorphosis Book 3.337 Metamorphoses Project: Metamorphoses Project: Tracing Mythology through Timeĭraving from Harry Thurston Peck's Harpers Dictonary of Classical Antiquities(1898) Narcissus and Echo Group Members: Kristin Fleming and Michelle Mariorenzi Different Ancient Versions of the Myth
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